WHAT IS E-SPORT?

Wikipedia defines esports (meaning Electronic Sports) as a term for organized video game competitions, especially between professionals.

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There are different steps in e-sports, like for the other classical sports. The fact that you play regularly a multiplayer game, alone in your room, means already that you take part in e-sports, just like you can be part of the football world when you play with your friends in a parc. But there are other ways. Taking part in the e-sports scene, it's also training, improving your skills, challenging yourself, competing against your rivals just like a professional football player can do. Depending on the game, these steps can be differents :

Individual disciplines : take part in official competitions organized by specialized Websites.

Disciplines in team : Join a team, be part of the staff, practice with your mates and face the other squads.

Of course, some of you might say that e-sports is all about competing in LANs, but there are different level of practive for every single discipline and there is no professional sports without the amateur practice where the best players come from.